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Photograph
courtesy
Dr.
Hugo
Eckener
CLIMBING OVER THE STANOVOI MOUNTAINS, THE ZEPPELIN SIGHTED SALT WATER AT LAST-THE
SEA
OE
OKHOTSK
(AT
THE
RIGHT)
The last lap, over a cold, forbidding, and desolate region of Siberia, was made at night. A red moon rose
over
the
horizon
and
weirdly
beautiful
colors
streaked the northern sky. Across the heavens shot a meteor and the ship talked by wireless with the
American
Legation
inPeiping
(Peking).